Early baseball in Missouri/Club 16

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Location	Missouri
Year	1875
City	St. Charles
State	MO
Nickname	Brown Sox
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 7, 1875: "Suburban. St. Charles, Mo. The Brown Sox won a victory by large figures over a picked nine Tuesday..." Same Aug. 11, 1875 mentions the Brown Sox of St. Charles beating the "Hamburgs" at Mechanicsville. St. Charles is west and a bit north of St. Louis.

Sources

The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 7, 1875